Thursday, February 9, 2012

No Good Very Bad Day Cupcakes

Have you ever had one of those days? You know, where you get out of bed and put on your favorite grey sweater. You are all warm, looking cute, and ready to conquer the day. Ten minutes later you realize your favorite sweater has purple stains…probably from your second favorite sweater.

Whatever. You can handle this.

You then put on another sweater that has a new giant hole. Gee. This is stinky. You finally find a sweater that will work (but isn’t nearly as cute as you’d like). Bring it.

You go to work and are immediately bombarded with a million and twelve different annoying things. This isn’t any different than normal but on this particular day you just can’t handle it. So you sob at work in the storage room for 10 minutes. And then you sob some more because you are mad at yourself for sobbing in the storage room.

The day continues in the manner. It is a full moon. You have a headache from fighting back tears. You decide after lunch that once 5:00 PM hits the world will become a better place….because you will make cupcakes.

Not just any cupcakes. Death by Oreo Cupcakes. Seems like a good way to go.

Line cupcake tins with liner, place a regular size Oreo cookie in the bottom of each liner. (Yes, you read that right. The Oreo at the bottom is a fun little surprise.)

Take 1/2 of remaining cookies and chop coarsely and add to cake mix. Fill the cupcake tins.

Bake for according to box directions.

Frosting: Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla, then add powdered sugar slowly until blended well. Chop remaining regular-sized Oreos very fine (The original recipe said food processor. I placed them in a Ziploc bag and rolling pinned the heck out of them. Worked like a charm.) Add to frosting.

After cupcakes have cooled, frost.

Eat them. A lot of them. The world suddenly becomes an amazing place again.

Going to bed at 9:00PM doesn’t hurt either.

***Disclaimer. As a medical professional, I don’t recommend feeding your emotions on a regular basis. But sometimes a girl has to do what a girl has to do.***

What’s your go-to bad day vice? Cupcakes? Cookies? Wine? Apples? Today is going to be much better. I can feel it!

Have you ever had one of those days? You know, where you get out of bed and put on your favorite grey sweater. You are all warm, looking cute, and ready to conquer the day. Ten minutes later you realize your favorite sweater has purple stains…probably from your second favorite sweater.

Whatever. You can handle this.

You then put on another sweater that has a new giant hole. Gee. This is stinky. You finally find a sweater that will work (but isn’t nearly as cute as you’d like). Bring it.

You go to work and are immediately bombarded with a million and twelve different annoying things. This isn’t any different than normal but on this particular day you just can’t handle it. So you sob at work in the storage room for 10 minutes. And then you sob some more because you are mad at yourself for sobbing in the storage room.

The day continues in the manner. It is a full moon. You have a headache from fighting back tears. You decide after lunch that once 5:00 PM hits the world will become a better place….because you will make cupcakes.

Not just any cupcakes. Death by Oreo Cupcakes. Seems like a good way to go.

Line cupcake tins with liner, place a regular size Oreo cookie in the bottom of each liner. (Yes, you read that right. The Oreo at the bottom is a fun little surprise.)

Take 1/2 of remaining cookies and chop coarsely and add to cake mix. Fill the cupcake tins.

Bake for according to box directions.

Frosting: Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla, then add powdered sugar slowly until blended well. Chop remaining regular-sized Oreos very fine (The original recipe said food processor. I placed them in a Ziploc bag and rolling pinned the heck out of them. Worked like a charm.) Add to frosting.

After cupcakes have cooled, frost.

Eat them. A lot of them. The world suddenly becomes an amazing place again.

Going to bed at 9:00PM doesn’t hurt either.

***Disclaimer. As a medical professional, I don’t recommend feeding your emotions on a regular basis. But sometimes a girl has to do what a girl has to do.***

What’s your go-to bad day vice? Cupcakes? Cookies? Wine? Apples? Today is going to be much better. I can feel it!

37 comments:

aww i'm sorry you had a bad day :(. I have had one of those the past two days...all house stuff...everything is up in the air and i am not sure i can emotionally handle it anymore! apparently i need to make these cupcakes!

I do not like this story. Crying to at work is bad. It doesn't mean good things. :o( And sorry about the sweaters, that is hugely disappointing. Hope today is much better and the cupcakes helped! Keep your head up my friend!

Sorry you had a rough day. At least you had a storage closet to hide in and cry. When I was teaching I would have to hide under my desk, pretending that I was searching for something. Stressful places of work need "crying rooms". There would be a comfy sofa, pillows, fun music, cupcakes, and cookies.

Those look amazing. Nice job on the frosting. How many did you eat? Because I would have eaten at least two.

I had the exact same kind of day...only it got worse when I got home. Spilling food on the floor right from the stove. Tying not to let the dogs attack it so they don't burn their little mouths. GAH! So I drank my wine like water!

I LOVE Oreos....this is going to be a great little surprise for my kids and husband (and me;) on Friday...yum! Thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear you had a bad day, but it sure sounds like you had a better evening.

Wine. Mine is wine. There is nothing in this world that a little Merlot can't fix. But I have to assume these cupcakes do a darn fine job too! Sorry you had a bad day, and here's to hoping that today is better!!

Must have just been that kind of day yesterday...if it makes you feel better, we had to gut our master bathroom because of a new found water leak? :-) I'm definitely make the cheer up cupcakes tomorrow after work, they sound amazing!

Sometimes I have those kind of days too. It seems like this week has been a roller coaster week for me. Really bad, then really good, then crappy, then SOOOO good, then craptastic again! I have a headache thinking about it.

And that is why I've eaten ONE WHOLE MEDIUM BAG of pretzel M&Ms. oops.

Maybe sometime I will try those delightful cupcakes, but picking up a bag of M&Ms at walgreens was so quick!

oh my god... I hate days like that, it's like you're fighting the world... and then all of a sudden a comfort-food snack and snuggle from the hubby (and early bedtime) make everything better!!! Those look absolutely DELISH! Can't wait to try them- but I think my body can!

For me, getting through a bad day can be remedied with a spoonful of peanut butter. I don't know what it is about it, but it's like Xanax to me (though, in all honesty, I've never had Xanax, so I wouldn't really know).

However, just looking at the deliciousness of these cupcakes has me smiling already. :)

i know i'm late in saying this but i'm sorry you had a bad day. (i read it at work the day you posted it but my work blocks most blogs and yours i can ready but can't post comments...it's weird...i did say a little prayer for you though, does that count?) those cupcakes look fantastic. i'm an anything chocolate and peanut butter or ice cream kinda girl. :)